Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are common names for Germany between 1933 and 1945, while it was led by Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP). The name Third Reich (Drittes Reich, ‘Third Reich’) refers to the state as the successor to the Holy Roman Empire of the Middle Ages (1st Reich) and the German Empire of 1871–1918 (2nd Reich).

• In Term 2 you will study different social aspects of life in Nazi Germany.
• You will write an essay about an aspect of your own choosing. This essay is due on (TBA).
• Monash Uni Essay writing guide for Historical studies: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/historical-studies/ugrad/essay-writing/index.php

Assessment:

Download the essay assessment sheet here:
Unit1_Nazi Germany Assessment.doc
Using Oxford referencing.doc


Writing your essay:
Download this sheet and save it under a good name:
Research essay criteria_checklist_template.doc
Read the essay criteria, use the formatted template and check off the checklist. Use this document to write your essay.

Online resources:

14 PPTs made in Flash about all aspects of Nazi Germany.
These PPTs provide a great overview of all the issues and they contain little activities to help you understand.

Rise of Hitler

rise_of_hitler_revision.doc

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/21162-hitler-adolf-hitlers-rise-and-fall-video.htm

Education + Youth

Education_Anti-IntellInNaziGermany-DavidS.ppt
Youth worksheet.doc

Women in Nazi Germany

Women worksheet.doc
Women Source Exercise.doc

The holocaust

Holocaust Timeline (detailed).doc
A Brief History of the Holocaust.ppt

Playlist: BBC documentary about Auschwitz

Propaganda

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/germany/propaganda.html
Goebbels and Nazi Propaganda.ppt

Watch this ppt: http://www.history-department.com/Documents/7.%20Nazi%20Propaganda.ppt
Take notes (mainly in the form of diagrams and short dotpoints).
Then write about a paragraph, answering these three questions:

1. Was propaganda mainly used to highlight real achievements, or to deliberately mislead the people?
2. Can the use of propaganda and censorship by a state ever be justified?
3. What was more important in Controlling the German people: propaganda or the police state?

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Billy Joel strikes again.

In 1989 he wrote a song about an experience he had in Russia, where he met a man who lost his father in the Siege of Leningrad, one of the most protracted battles in World War II. Against all odds, the Russian Army and Leningrad's citizens held out against the Germans for just under three years.
Click here to read the lyrics and see the video clip.
The song is based on Billy Joel's true experiences on tour in Russia in 1987.

Homework

Copy these questions and use page 348 - 353 to answer them:

1. The name of the founder of the DAP is …..
2. DAP stands for (German name) …… and means: …….
3. On (month + year) Hitler was put in charge of propaganda and in (year) Hitler took over the leadership of the party.
4. He changed the name to (full name in German).
5. Hitler chose the Swastika as the party’s emblem because…
6. An example of a nationalist aim of the NSDAP is:
7. An example of a socialist aim of the NSDAP is:
8. An example of a anti-Semitic aim of the NSDAP is:
9. Some examples of other aims of the NSDAP:
10. The abbreviation SA stands for:
11. Explain what the Munich Putsch in 1923 was.
12. Page 352: What were some of the results of the putsch?
13. What does "Mein Kampf" mean in German and what is "Mein Kampf"?